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Pentagon may be Deciding Norwegian Negotiating Position on Internet Governance

posted by CoolHand on Friday November 06 2015, @08:48PM   Printer-friendly
from the non-isolationism dept.

canopic jug writes:

In 2012 Petter Reinholdtsen came across a document in the mail journal for the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications on OEP that piqued his interest. It appears that someone capable of inviting selected NATO nations to a meeting in the Pentagon organized a meeting where someone representing the Norwegian defence attaché in Washington attended, and the account from this meeting is interpreted by the Ministry of Transport and Communications to expose Norway's negotiating position, negotiating strategies and similar regarding the ITU negotiations on Internet Governance. According to Reinholdtsen, the rejections do not seem to make sense and cause him to ask, is the Pentagon deciding the Norwegian negotiating position on Internet governance?

The title of the document was "Internet Governance and how it affects national security". The document date was 2012-05-22, and it was said to be sent from the "Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations". He asked for a copy, but his request was rejected. Three years later, he requested again and the ministry upheld its rejection quoting the same law reference as before, while the permanent mission rejected it quoting a different clause.

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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by khallow on Friday November 06 2015, @10:19PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday November 06 2015, @10:19PM (#259693) Journal
    It's the exciting saga of a Norwegian citizen trying to get a three and a half year old Norwegian trade negotiation document presented to a NATO meeting and being repeatedly rebuffed by the Norwegian government authorities involved. He now asks if someone has access to this document. The title (comes from the original article) appears to have nothing to do with the story.
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 06 2015, @10:30PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 06 2015, @10:30PM (#259701)

    Must be a slow news day.

  • (Score: 2) by edIII on Friday November 06 2015, @10:59PM

    by edIII (791) on Friday November 06 2015, @10:59PM (#259718)

    I can't even figure out what the Pentagon's move would have been, or why. I'd need to understand a reason why the Pentagon would choose Norway (of all countries) to be pushing an Internet based agenda before I believed in a scandal. That would seem to be the province of politicians and Presidents.

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    • (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 07 2015, @03:40AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 07 2015, @03:40AM (#259804)

      Norway was one of, if not the, first nations to be hooked to what was to become the Internet.

      This because USA wanted a data link to certain radar and radio installations close to the USSR.